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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17
THE SEAL FIELDS.
Mnrnuding Vessels Annually Kill
thirty Thousand Animals.


Says Washington Dispatch The an
nual report OF George II. Tringle, treas
ury agent in charge of the Alaska sea.
islands says that the grand total of breed
ing seals on So. Paul and 81. George is
lands last spring was G,357, 100, and that
the number OF animas is increasing. Re
gnrding the seizure of marauding vessels,
the agent says that after the departure
81 tie revenue cutter last fall large num-
bers of seals were taken by British marand-
ers and the skins sold in Victoria. One
vessel sent her boats TO the rookeries. but
they were fred upon by the natives I'M
der orders OF the assistant agent, and two
men wounded This fact became known
generally among tho marauders and
sor we'd to keep them away. Up TO Aug. 1
four schooners had been seen opcr rating
around ST. Paul island this season. One
OF those vessels, the Angel Dolly Of San
Francisco, was seized by the agent The
vessel was in distress, as the captain had
been accidentally shot and one man
wounded while leaving Otter island, where
they had been killing seals. This made
the seventh capture this season, the rev
enue cutter Bush having previously cap
tured tho American schooner Challenge.
with ISL skins; the British schooners
Anna Beck, go skins; W. H. Sawyer. 479
skins; Dolphin, GOO skins; Grace, 7G, and
the American schooner Lottio L., 1877
skins. The agent says that 10000 skins
would be n low estimate of those taken
this season by marauders. and he adds
that the significance OF these figures will
be understood when the fact is borne in
mind that only one in ten seals killed Is
secured.
In a supplemental report the agent
SAYS that on Aug. ~ the American
schooner Anna, with $50 skins, was
brought into port, having been seized by
the Bush. She reported the seizure OF
Abe British schooners Mary Ellen, 3s5
skins, and Alfred Adams, LEO skins.
The cutter also captured 400 skins landed
on an island by the British schooner
Lottie Fairfield in Behring sea, making a
total OF $500 skins seized during tho sea-
son. The number OF seals killed during
the year by tho lessee was lo4,6 800, and
the number of skins accepted a. good
vas 100000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

That the desire 10 see the great West
has taken possession OF greater portion
OF our broad commonwealth IL an ac-
knowledged fact, and that because ma
jority OF the people have not done so Is
owing TO little neglect or forgetfulness
on their part Under existing circum-
stances IL IL about as easy and cheap 60
view and ride over the broad prairies of
Minnesota, Dakota, Northern Iowa and
Nebraska, as IL would be TO take short
trip nearer home; and while you are
making this trip you may come across
some spot on the fertile .prairies where
you can make an investment that will
prove OF such gain in the future that you
will bless the day you concluded to invest
a paltry sum in pleasure ride. The Chi
cago, Milwaukee 4 Sc. Paul Railway 10
now offering such grand inducements that
You can not afford 10 let the occasion
pass. This finely equipped road takes you
To all the principal points in Minnesota a.
Iowa, Dakota and Nebraska az ONE PARE
for the ROUND TIM, and excursion tickets
will be sold on Tuesday, Sept. 10Th aud
Oct. 18th, 'S7 at Chicago, Milwaukee and
other points on the lines OF the &. NJ. a.
st. Il. Ry. in northern Illinois, Wisconsin,
eastern Iowa and eastern Minnesota ON
the above specified Gates ONLY, and will
be good for return passage within 30
DAYS from date of sale. SToP oyEg PRIV
LEoEs will be allowed ON excursion
tickets at points west OF the Mississippi
river (but not between Chicago and 81.
Paul or between Chicago and Council
Bluffs on the GoINo passage, Bur NOT on
The RETURN PhsssoE. See that your
excursion tickets are properly stamped
by the Ticket Agent at the Station before
starting for home. A trip of this kind
you will never forget or regret, and the
inducements are such that they should
not be overlooked. Now Is the time TO
say will go, so just pack your grip aud
get the desired information OF your sta
tion agent and climb aboard.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

Too much effort cannot be made 10
bring To the attention of suffering wom-
anhood the great value of Lydia 4. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound as a remedy
tor the diseases of women. Such an one
Is the wife of General Barringer OF Win
ston, n. c., and we quote from the
Generals letter as follows: "Dear Mrs.
Pinkham: Please allow me TO add my
testimony 10 the most excellent medicinal
qualities Of your Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Barringer was trented for several
years for what the physician called
Lepeorrhoa and Prolapsus uteri com
binei I sent hcr Co Richmond, Va,
where she remained for six months under
the treatment of an eminent physician
without any permanent benefit. She was
induced to try your medicine and after
a reasonable time commenced 10 improve
aud is now able Co attend Co her business
and considers herself fully relieved"
General Barringer is the proprietor OF
the American Hotel, Winston, n. c., and
ia widely known.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17
McGARIGLE'S CASE.
Report that Ne VIII ne indicted In
Canada.

Late dispatches from Washington says /:
Secretary Bsyard left the city to-day TO
be away the remainder of the week and no
action In the application for the ertradi-
ton of McGarigle from Canada will be
taken until his return. Az tho State De-
partment entire ignorance OF the matter
Is protested by the officers in charge, but
IL is known that the representatives OF
Sheriff Matson had an interview with both
the President and Secretary Bayard.
Officers in the depar tment while profess
ing not 10 know the contents of the
papers fled in the application for extra
dition 10 not hesitate TO. .say that unless
something stronger Is presented than has
been published from time TO time there
u no chance for the Governments asking
for the delivery of the convicted boodler.
The statement published some time ago,
containing an abstract OF the evidence
drawn mp ia States Attorney Grinnell's
Office, has been carefully read and IL now
on file. Surprise was expressed at the
time that IL was given for publication be-
fore reaching the department. An officer
who has seen the published statement
says that The mere fact that aliens aided
in the escape will not furnish ground
for exaadition. There must be some
thing 20 show abduction, which would be
difficult in this ease.
In an interview az Montreal, Que, Crown
Prosecutor Greenshieids said Yes, you
may say that / will send the Indictment
against McGarigle before the grand jury
Thursday, and / don't believe l will have
any difficulty in obtaining true bill.
There are three counts In tho indictment,
which is for conspiracy against James
Baxter. Three persons are indicted, Nc
Carlyle, William A. Pinkerton, and
Michael Hickey OF Chicago. Hickey
came 90 Montreal during the criminal
case against Baxter and admitted the
conspiracy by which Bakers picture was
placed in the rogues gallery in Chicago.
j have therefore indicted the three Of
them upon the counts, first, of placing
the picture in the rogues gallery; second,
of conspiring TO placs IL there for the
purpose OF making false testimony of
that fact before the Criminal Court here;
and, third. the overt act"
why have you delayed until now be.
fore placing the bill before the juryy'
simply because the first indictment
which was drawn up was after due con
eideration withdrawn and the present
one substituted"
"Doyou anticipate any trouble in hav-
ing the bench warrant Endorsed in On
tarioy"
"No; for the simple reason that the
magisira,es there dare not disregard the
Jurisdiction OF the Court OF Queens
Dench, the highest criminal tribunal in
the Don inion McGarigle is near st
Catharines, and he cannot escape. We
have an eye upon him. The indictment
against McGarigle was signed by the
Judge this afternoon, and is second on the
list go before the grand jury"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

Has sueh 4 ii6kls, Il; conot ant fello~.
You vial psvsr be happy With him, . rai(i
Fathers friends when they learned a her
engagement 10 a young man who bors'
the reputation of being sad nirt
Esther. however, knew that her lover had
goo qualities, and she was willing TO take
the risk. In nine eases out OF ten IL
would have proved mistake; but Ia thor
was an uncommon girl and TO every ones
surprise Fred made model husband.
How was ifs Well, Esther had cheerful.
sunny temper and great deal Of tact
Then she enjoyed perfect health and was
always SO sweet neat and wholesome that
Fred found his own home most pleasant,
and his own wife moro agreeable, than
any other being. AZ the year passed and
he saw other women OF Esther's age grow
sickly, faded and querulous, he realized
more and more that he had "a jewel OF q
wife," Good health was half the secret OF
Esther's success She retained her vital
ity and good looks, because she warded
OF feminine weaknesses and ailments by
the use OF DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton.
Sir. John Lubbock says that among a
certain hill tribe OF India ii isl mark OF
respect and gratitude TO put the thumb
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

The Glauco boat club OF Trieste hr
been dissolved by the Austrian govern
ment because IL took part in the regatt
of Venice.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

When Baby was sick W. gave her castcria,
When she was a Child. she cried for castoria,
When sho became Miss, she clung to castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them CastoriA
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

Partisan doctor has seen the pop
lately, and says he is certainly good 70
ten years more.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

One Of every Eve has some form Of Heart
Disease and is in constant danger Of sudden death.
Or Kilmer's oegAS-wSHD HEAKr RKMEDv reEu-
lates, conects and cures
Price st.oo-6 bottles $500
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

The German authorities in Alsace-Lor-
raine have stopped the granting of all
hunting licenses TO the French residents
in the annexed provinces.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

One hundred and flyt-fve thousand
bricks made on Mr.. Gladstone's estate
have been shipped to Boston for new
court house.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow. dis
gusting everybody, but use DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

The marvellous little Moxie Nerve Food
Is making medicine largely unnecessary.
The doctors say so. IL also removes tho
effects OF heat. Every body drinks H.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

About one hundred compositors en-
ployed in Polhemus' establishment, New
York, struck on account OF a Disagree
ment about some work.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

Frascuelo, the bull fig inter, has beer
the city of Me xico and he has acce ted
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

A check for ei.75O.O0O was paid TO the
Bridgewater Navigation company lately
for its work on the Manchester ship canal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

The photograph" has been invented
by which person can improvise on
piano and have the music recorded.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

An enormous oil field has been dis
covered in Venezuela, near lake Mara
caibo.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

II afflicted with sore eyes use DIR.
Isaac Thompson's Celebrated Eye
Water.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

New Orleans has brass banl OF four.
teen members that are all newsboys.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-17

pIso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable 10 use. /
IA not liquid OF snun. zoe.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
Identity of Mutilated Money.

1 am often asked whether this or that piece
OF mutilated money is redcemable. 1t is safe
to say, unless tho moneys identity is entirely
gone, that it is redeemable. intact, one may
say that money in the shape of ashes can he
restored. 1t is a fact that after the Chicago
fire ashes were redeemed. 1t came about in
this way: 1t is customary in banks to do
money up in packages, say of $4,000 each,
and in the big fire Of course hundreds and
hundreds of these packages were reduced to
ashes. But tho shape of the package re.
manned, and wherever the package could be
sent on to Washington without crumbling
the ashes, the money was sure to be replaced.
1t was done by nimble fingered women in the
treasury department whose trained touch
and sight IRE wonderfully acute.
1t is well known that the ashes of the news
paper if dampened will show traces of the
printing. So was it with the bills. These
women would moisten the package of appar-
emily useless ashes, and to their experienced
eye the number and character of the bill
would at once appear as il they had touched
it with a magic wand. So thousands and
thousands of dollars were redeemed by these
patient women. A friend of mine, q country
merchant, afraid of banks, placed q large
sum of money i'll bills in n stone jar Oh a
shelf i'll his store, where he thought it would
be quite safe. When he went to look at it
one day some time after it was q mass of
fragments. Mice had got into tho jar and
chewcd the bills into tho minutcsJ parts.
Then they had mixed them all up, and alto
gether it was a fearful looking mess. He
sent n cigar box full of it to me. forwarded
it to Washington, and what do you think.
Out of the 81, Jas originally in the pile a little
over $1,000 was redeemed, tho parts beyond
recall being only the nero fibers of the bills.
So tho man lost only 500 by his too~lishness.
The reclamation of such money is done
entirely by women, whose patience especially
fits them for tho monotonous work.-Bank
President in Globe Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
How to Root Cuttings.

Many plants may be propagated with
ease from cuttings, provided one knows
just how to proceed. Susan Power, i'll
American Garden, gives in detail some
exceedingly careful directions, from which
the following points are CLEANED: The
pots and soil. or cutting bed, should be
made ready beforehand, SO that slips may
be promptly placed therein us soon rs cut.
The best cutting is a shoot of new growth,
Just before it grows woody Mt all or
1ibrous, but will snap off clean without
strings. This should have three buds, if
possible, though one leaf and leaf bud will
start in good care. Roots start from the
bud at the base of the leaf sooner than
from any other part. Take off all leaves
for an inch or two and stick the cutting in
sand to the lowest bud. The essential
thing is to keep cuttings entirely fresh till
planted by setting in water, or, what is
better, wrapping them lightly in Il moist
cloth. The loss of their sap by evapora
ton before or after setting is their death.
Boxes three inches deep, half filled with
sand and IL light mixture of flbry soil or
leaf mold, faced off with an inch of pure
sand, make good cutting beds when q
number are to be struck, as with coleus,
Rltcrnantheras and bedding plants gener-
ally, when one wants plenty to use and
some to give away.
For n few cuttings, the best thing is a
six inch flower pot, the drain hole plugged
with q cork, two inches of broken bits of
crock laid in, and u porous pot, half the
size or less, set within the larger one and
kept full of water. Between the rims Of
the two pots, which should be on q level,
the space is filled with sand, in which tho
cuttings are set against the outer rim and
we'll wet. The draining from the inside
pot Of water keeps the cuttings always
moist, and they hasten to root. Sand is
best, being easy for the tender root
threads to enter and free from decaying
particles, which in soil cause cuttings to
rot ct once. But when the first roots are
made known by the freshening of the
terminal bud or shoot of the cutting, i'm
mediately pot or change to richer soil that
has food for the plant, or it will lose
strength. Prompt planting must be given.
Shade all cuttings for tho first day or
two, until the first shock of the change is
over. When danger of tagging is past
give cuttings the stimulus of light, shad-
ing from hot sun and wind. Seeds and
cuttings never start more delightfully."-
than under shades of oiled paper tied over
the pot or tackled IN the box. For open
ground, frames with oiled cotton covers
should be used to protect tender cuttings
from changes of Temperature.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
TENDING THE "YouNG 'uhs."

One of the Crucifixions OF Boyhood
Days-Hcrcditary D%cpravity.
One of the crucifixions of my boyhood days
was in the fact that I had the dry nursing Of
all sorts of "young 'uns," as they were gener-
ally termed. Every farmer that l worked
for scented to have one of these specimens,
aged from Toto Is months.
If any proof is lacking rs to the ecu of
natural depravity, it could be found in the
breed l had to care for. They were always
querulous, squalling, rapacious, intolerable.
They were cruel, for they invariably scratched
the faces of those who attended them, clawed
the breasts that fed them, throttled dogs that
came within their reach, drew cats backward
by the tail, smashed, tore, and defaced every
thing which they were permitted to touch.
They We're voracious rs sharks, and preda-
tory misers in the matter of property. Every
thing they had, everything they saw in the
possession Of others, belonged of right, in
their estimate, to them. After getting
through the yernacular as far as "a-goo, a
goo" their mex step was Mine! Mine!" Each
of them was Jay Gould from the start, and
wanted the earth.
Often when holding some squalling bierup'
tive brat, which, with clenched fist, closed
and streaming eyes, red and pulled features,
legs and body Us stiff as stone posts, yelled,
struggled and fought without the slightest
reason other than such as are to be found in
natural diabolism, did l wonder why there is
such a dislike of Herod the Great, whc
showed himself to be n ruler of consummate
value, and whose only popular failure was
the slaughter of the Bethlehemic babes.
l worked one umlner for the wickedes'
man In the county, who lived on the outskirts
Of tho hill country, who could neither reat
nor write, and who generally gave utterance
to an oath or some atrocious blasphemy a
every breath. He had an infant about !!
months old, which l had to trundle anc
coddle, and which l always believed was a,
incarnate devil. Long before it could sa.
ida da" it could utter with vim the expires
sion, "By Dod!" I remember even yet tn
little wretch as he sat in q high chair at tn
table, with a bullet head covered with red
close curling hair, beady gray eyes, THO
lips, flushed cheeks, and with a chuckle o
glee would ~reiterate "By bod! By bod!
1t causes me no profound grief to say tina
the father, having moved out of the vicinity
was sent to the states prison for gran
larceny.-Poliuto in Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
Gems and Fancy stoncs.

Perhaps the most popular jewel of tho day,
next to the diamond, is the sapphire. The
sort preferred and most costly, because rarest,
is that i'll which the color appears blue by
artificial light as well as by day, and in which
the blue is pure and spread over the whole
substance of the stone. III inferior sapphires
the blue is mixed with black, which gives an
inky appearance when seen by artificial light.
Sapphires are set sometimes alone, but
oftencr with diamonds or ruhies. \ bpauti-
full design for Il pin seen recently represented
a three leaf clover, with Il diamond, q sap
plirc and n ruby set i'll each leaf. Tho sap
phirc is popular rs the central stone TO
clusters, either for finger or ear rings. a
good stone, when set round with diamonds,
produces a remarkably brilliant effect.
Numbered with novelties that please those
who can afford to pay for them are cmer-
aids, perfect i'll color and of Il square shape.
Another novelty is the double cut diamond,
which is thought To lie more effective and
beautiful ii Il diamonds rut III :he usual
manner. a turquoise in diamond form and
elrircled by small brillian:s is also consiJ-
| cred u novelty,
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
Tho Colors of Boston Houses.

The number Of yellow painted houses
with white trimmings which one meets on
a drive a few miles out of town is remark
able, and red, which used to be reserved
for barns, has taken n place OH dwellings.
1t seems to me that this movement is Il
sensible one, within certain limits, but
that these bright colors are most at
tractive when sparingly used. A house
that stands Mt Il distance from others will
bear them, but rows of yellow and red
houses make one long for a brown or ever
white painted dwelling to relieve their
glaring monotony. 1 have heard it said
that yellow should be reserved for the old
colonial style Of dwellings; but as this has
become the rage, relief from an oppressive
uniformity must be found in the adoption
of a new key of color for houses of differ
ent architectural form.-Boston Post.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
An Old Mans wit,

"Women don't always have their wits
about them," said an elderly gentleman the
other morning. "a lady friend of mine came
into my office with her little girl of 5. The
pretty white dress of the latter had a streak
OF blood upon it, the result of n visit to a
dentist. The mother didn't want to return
uptown. with the child, as she was not through
with her shopping. Could l help her out Of
her quandaryi l took the child back to the
toilet room, with tho idea Of washing out the
stain, but q better plan occurred to Inc. The
stain was q long, narrow, downward streak,
and the white dress was pleatedup and down.
What do you think l dids l folded over one
of the pleats and pinned it, thus hiding the
stain from view. The mother asked: Why,
how did you remove the stain without spread
ing 1t and taking the starch outF Then ]
showed her that It was still there. Her look
was one of pleasure and chagrin. Unjust
confess that you didn't help to raise your
family in vain,' she said, while you must
think I am excessively stupid. And I am
for the plan ought to have suggested itself te
me. '"-Philadelphia Call.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-03
A HAMMOCK TENT.

Cut four strong sticks about five or six
feet long and as thick as ones arm. Point
these and drive in tho ground in form of
a parallelogram. Tie a strong rope be-
tween the end sticks and fasten the ham
mock to them. If the tops of the sticks
are bent over and tied together u large
square of netting may be thrown over to
protect the sleeper from insects, or a
square of canva in the day time to keep
Off the glare of the sun.
The hammock here illustrated is made
of barrel slaves dashed to two pieces OF
strong rope about eight feet long. In
place of this can be substituted q Irvine
or other hammock, such as are for sale at
the stores, but the home made contrivancc
will be found much better than nonc at
NIL,